With the rapid demise of the #HackAHairDryer campaign, IBM’s ill-fated attempt to… wait, actually we have no idea. Were they convincing women that IT is relevant to their interests? As twitter commentators quickly pointed out, it’s really not that the ladies aren’t interested in STEM, it’s more that STEM doesn’t seem super interested in us.…

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Ok first – can we fast-forward to the part where we live in a post-STEM society? I don’t mean that we no longer have science, tech, engineering or maths (good heavens people, I’m not a monster). I mean that glorious future where we can have more nuanced discussion and initiatives on improving gender equity and…

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When I was a teenager, I broke up with Barbie. Not in a I stopped playing with Barbies kind of way, more in a burning this scourge from the face of the Earth kind of way. I don’t know what the final impetus was – that I realized Barbie’s itty-bitty ankles would snap like tiny…